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Girl Power: Top Ten Behind-the-Scenes Power Players

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Cheryl Boone Isaacs

This veteran studio executive made history this year by becoming the first Black woman — indeed, only the third woman overall — to be elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. This puts Isaacs, who previously worked in marketing and publicity for New Line Cinema, in charge of a group that has been dominated by white males for all of its 86 years.